Research

Phonological Theory: Optimality Theory, Articulatory Phonology, and the phonetics-phonology interface; phonetic and phonological variation in Ibero-Romance and other languages; historical Romance phonology; second language acquisition and technology-enhanced language learning. Prof. Bradley's research publications include articles in Probus, Lingua, Southwest Journal of Linguistics, Lingua(gem), and the Journal of Educational Computing Research. He has also contributed to edited volumes such as Optimality-Theoretic Studies in Spanish Phonology, Historical Romance Linguistics: Retrospective and Perspectives, Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonology, and Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Romance Linguistics.

Research Interests

• Variation and change in the sound system of Judeo-Spanish (Small Grant in Aid of Research 2006-08, UC Davis Academic Senate)


• The relationship between low-level phonetic implementation and higher-order phonological structure


• The formalization of gestural representations and constraints in Optimality Theory


• The role of contrast in constraint-based approaches to phonology, such as Dispersion Theory


• Rhotics, or r-type sounds, including their phonetic variation and their phonological behavior in both synchrony and diachrony

Papers In Preparation

• Allomorph Selection and Lexical Preferences in Judeo-Spanish (In progress)


• Rhotic Contrast and Neutralization in Veracruz Mexican Spanish (In progress; co-authored with Erik W. Willis)


• Accounting for Intrasyllabic Rhotic Metathesis: The Interplay of Articulation and Perception (In progress; co-authored with Eric Russell Webb)

Papers Available For Download

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Bradley, Travis G. To appear. On the Syllabification of Prevocalic /w/ in Judeo-Spanish. Romance Linguistics: Structures, Interfaces, and Microparametric Variation ed. by Pascual J. Masullo, Erin O'Rourke, and Chia-Hui Huang. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [Pre-print PDF]

Russell Webb, Eric, and Travis G. Bradley. To appear. Rhotic Metathesis Asymmetries in Romance: Formalizing the Effects of Articulation and Perception on Sound Change. Romance Linguistics: Structures, Interfaces, and Microparametric Variation ed. by Pascual J. Masullo, Erin O'Rourke, and Chia-Hui Huang. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [Pre-print PDF]

Willis, Erik W., and Travis G. Bradley. 2008. Contrast Maintenance of Taps and Trills in Dominican Spanish: Data and Analysis. Selected Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonetics and Phonology, ed. by Laura Colantoni and Jeffrey Steele, 87-100. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. [Cascadilla Proceedings Project web site]

Bradley, Travis G. 2007. Constraints on the Metathesis of Sonorant Consonants in Judeo-Spanish. Probus 19.2:171-207. [PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2007. Morphological Derived-Environment Effects in Gestural Coordination: A Case Study of Norwegian Clusters. Lingua 117.6:950-985. [Pre-print PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2007. Prosodically-conditioned Sibilant Voicing in Balkan Judeo-Spanish. Proceedings of the 34th Western Conference Conference on Linguistics, ed. by Erin Bainbridge and Brian Agbayani, 48-60. Fresno, CA: Department of Linguistics, California State University, Fresno. [Pre-print PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2007. Spanish Complex Onsets and the Phonetics-Phonology Interface. Optimality-Theoretic Studies in Spanish Phonology, ed. by Fernando Martínez-Gil and Sonia Colina, 15-38. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [Pre-print PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2006. Contrast and Markedness in Complex Onset Phonotactics. Southwest Journal of Linguistics 25.1:29-58. [Pre-print PDF] [Scanned PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2006. Metathesis in Judeo-Spanish Consonant Clusters. Selected Proceedings of the 9th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, ed. by Nuria Sagarra and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, 79-90. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. [Cascadilla Proceedings Project web site]

Bradley, Travis G. 2006. Phonetic Realizations of /sr/ Clusters in Latin American Spanish. Selected Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonetics and Phonology, ed. by Manuel Díaz-Campos, 1-13. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. [Cascadilla Proceedings Project web site]

Bradley, Travis G. 2006. Spanish Rhotics and Dominican Hypercorrect /s/. Probus 18.1:1-33. [Pre-print PDF] [Scanned PDF]

Bradley, Travis G., and Ann Marie Delforge. 2006. Phonological Retention and Innovation in the Judeo-Spanish of Istanbul. Selected Proceedings of the 8th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, ed. by Timothy L. Face and Carol A. Klee, 73-88. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. [Cascadilla Proceedings Project web site]

Bradley, Travis G. and Ann Marie Delforge. 2006. Systemic Contrast and the Diachrony of Spanish Sibilant Voicing. Historical Romance Linguistics: Retrospective and Perspectives, ed. by Randall Gess and Deborah Arteaga, 19-52. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [Pre-print PDF] [Scanned PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2005. Sibilant Voicing in Highland Ecuadorian Spanish. Lingua(gem) 2.2:9-42. [Pre-print PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2005. Systemic Markedness and Phonetic Detail in Phonology. Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Romance Linguistics, ed. by Randall Gess and Ed Rubin,41-62. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [Pre-print PDF] [Scanned PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2004. Gestural Timing and Rhotic Variation in Spanish Codas. Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonology, ed. by Timothy L. Face, 197-224. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. [Pre-print PDF]

Bradley, Travis G., and Benjamin S. Schmeiser. 2003. On The Phonetic Reality of /r/ in Spanish Complex Onsets. Theory, Practice, and Acquisition: Papers from the 6th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, ed. by Paula M. Kempchinsky and Carlos-Eduardo Piñeros, 1-20. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. [Pre-print PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2002. Gestural Timing and Derived Environment Effects in Norwegian Clusters. WCCFL 21 Proceedings, ed. by Line Mikkelsen and Christopher Potts, 43-56. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. [Pre-print PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 2001. A Typology of Rhotic Duration Contrast and Neutralization. Proceedings of the North East Linguistics Society (NELS 31), ed. by M.J. Kim and U. Strauss, 79-97. Amherst, MA: GSLA Publications. [Pre-print PDF]

Bradley, Travis G., and Lara Lomicka. 2000. A Case Study of Learner Interaction in Technology-enhanced Language Learning Environments. The Journal of Educational Computing Research 22(3), 347-368. [Scanned version PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 1999. Assibilation in Ecuadorian Spanish: A phonology-phonetics account. Formal Perspectives on Romance Linguistics, ed. by J.-Marc Authier, Barbara E. Bullock, and Lisa A. Reed, 57-71. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [Scanned PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 1998. A Gestural Analysis of French Lenition. Murmure 5.1:8-22. [Scanned PDF]

Bradley, Travis G. 1997. An Implicature-based Model of Meanings in Narrative-joke Discourse. Murmure 4.1, 113-149. [Scanned version PDF]

Bradley, Travis G., Lara Lomicka, and Mary-Ann Lyman-Hager. 1997. Authentic Texts, Authentic Contexts: Authoring with Multimedia LIBRA. Technology for Language Learning: Faculty Authored Libra Courseware, ed. by Robert Fischer, 31-40. San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State University Press. [Scanned version PDF]

Dissertation Research

Bradley, Travis G. 2001. The Phonetics and Phonology of Rhotic Duration Contrast and Neutralization. Ph.D. dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University. [PDF]

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